Ira and I have just returned from a 6 day trip to Myanmar/Burma where we joined up with friends we made on Semester at Sea Fall 2002, Bill and Sherry May, and Dick and Beth Svee. These two couples are on Semester at Sea again for the Fall 2006 voyage — Bill is teaching a bioethics course and the others are enjoying the experience. When we all went together in Fall 2002, both Bill and Sherry were full-time professors and Dick and Beth were adult passengers as were Ira and I.
Both the Mays and the Svees have already written about our trip to Myanmar and what they have written is so good that Ira and I decided to just send it on to all of you. We were actually with the Mays for the whole time and then all six of us met up for a night and half a day in Yangon at the end.
I know that we have said many times that one of the things we liked best about Semester at Sea was the people whom we met and shared experiences with. Reading their letters, you will certainly see why we are so appreciative of these wonderful people. The two letters are very different in tone; the one from the Mays is more documentary whereas the one from Dick is almost poetry. Since both letters are fairly long, I am sending them in two parts.
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